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Sometimes a family can be two wardens, a griffon thought to be extinct, a dapper necromancer, and a skeleton son.

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Then (DA2) and then (DAI)

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Sweet and intriguing...

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Setting up my world state for the Dragon Age fic I may perhaps one day write once I'm done with the Arcana and then collected enough research to do what I actually envisage... (or indeed envisage an actual outlined plot but what even is that)...

And after wrestling with mods and patches for two hours to make DAO look nice and also not ctd at every turn...

My little guys! They'll all be up there together somehow some way I'll make it make sense.

Sherene, cocky gooberhead of a city elf, unlikely Hero of Ferelden and Alistair's beloved. I've looked at her for about five minutes I've got nothing else yet.

Teale Hawke, loner warrior who's really Seen Some Shit, seems to not give a fuck but unfortunately actually does. No idea who she's romancing yet, haven't played DA2 fully yet so we'll see! She's a beloved oc from more years ago than I care to admit... as with Favian I made her in the cc to see how she looked and unfortunately for her I liked her, so yoinked her in here.

DA2...

DAI...

Flint "Rook" de Riva, warrior elf, tripped into the Crows and charmed Viago into letting him stay, but more as a guard puppy dog than assassin. My man can't stay quiet long enough for stealth missions. He's a bit like Taash in that respect and is equally as excited about capes, drives Lucanis nuts. Sarcastic little shit, the golden retriever that brings Lucanis' stray cat in from the rain.

Kal Mercar, taciturn gwump, rogue Shadow Dragon, acts first and smiles never, except for Neve. Kind of a second Rook. Because... I can do that.

Marin Laidir, Lord of Fortune spellblade, would rather be at sea but apparently has to help save the world first. Doesn't take anything too seriously, including necromancy, which... is a bit of a problem since she's fallen for a certain gentleman necromancer. Also, originally Altheia and Julian's daughter so somewhere in the back of my brain is an Arcana/Dragon Age crossover which totally makes sense if you don't question it. But I'm chuffed with how she's come out looking like a good mix of her parents.

So the thing is... I can't choose a canon Rook for the fic soooooo I've got three. What if I want a Rook in Minrathous, one in Treviso and one in Skyhold. What then. Who's gonna stop me huh? Who.

Aaannnnddd the man the myth the not-a-herald, Favian Trevelyan, traumatised alchemist and artificer who still can't quite believe that he, despite being staunchly atheist and adamantly not the Herald he's a very naughty boy, prodigal adopted son who went rogue and disappointed almost everybody until he landed on his feet again despite all his efforts not to, is somehow the only person capable of leading, well, anybody. Somehow manages to inspire an entire army despite self-loathing, excellent at masking after years of practice at it - though by the time of Veilguard has far more self-belief. Gets by on charisma, sarcasm and dry wit. Amatus of Dorian.

He, those flipping missives of his, and his relationship with Dorian, are the whole reason I'm in this mess. Ultimately, it's his story.

DAI...

Veilguard...

And that, er... that's Them. And if I lose the next 10 years of my life writing whatever beast of a fic the brainworms are cooking up, assuming I can translate the worms into anything like coherent words, those pixel people and their pixel love interests are to blame.

Actually it's a good thing I've got to finish Tides first, it's keeping me from diving headlong into this before I'm ready.

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Crashing to desktop: the Dragon Age Origins experience. It's almost comforting to see that hasn't changed in the 15ish years since I last played.

Edit: I often say that mod authors deserve a special place in heaven but that is especially true for those who gave us patches to solve the memory leak and compatibility issues, and lessen CTDs. I love those people.

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Then and now.

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Will I spend my two hours of free time playing Origins, or sorting out mods for it? Let's find out.

Update: secret third option: figuring out how to patch the game to stop it crashing to desktop every time I walk through a door. Then figuring out a hair and texture mod. Then creating the character. And not actually playing.

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Bellara Week Prompt Survey!

Everyone's favourite Elven Tinkerer's week is coming up this April, and we would love to hear what prompts you want to see for the event!

If you have any ideas, make sure to send them through the form below. The survey will run until February 15th, 2025 12 a.m. MST. The prompts will be posted the day after Taash's Week ends, on March 17th.

Make sure to check our Rules and FAQ, and feel free to send us an ask if you have any additional questions.

See you in #bellaraweek2025!

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Power couple then and now.

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Then and now.

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What I love is that I can just lie here in bed thinking of the blorbos doing blorbo things. That's just a thing I can do. Who's gonna stop me. Just the blorbos blorboing in my head. What a life.

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Rook's Personality Template

Just a little something to get to know your Rook. It's Veilguard themed, but you could use it for any Dragon Age OC! Included in the download is a blank PSD and a filled out example. If you find any issues or have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out! Enjoy! :)

💾 download (ko-fi, always free!)

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Credits DATV Extracts by @pinkyjulien

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i haven't read your fics in a while bc my current hyperfix has all my attention (one day i'll come back and binge it...), but you should definitely be proud of your writing. you have some of my favorite arcana fics ever with a depth of lore i strive to achieve one day 🤗 so im glad to see that you like it more lately

also yesss im trying out ellipsus too. the export to ao3 feature is awesome i havent had to edit the html at all so far

Hey good to hear from you! :) That is so sweet and lovely of you to say, thank you so much <3